There is no age limit and no previous drawing experience or qualifications are required. You will learn to draw and paint freehand from the beginning and to use colors, to create tints and shades yourself out of the basic colors of icon painting. It’s provided a special method in which you will be able to correct the drawing yourself and be independent of the teacher.

The course includes basic (level 1) and intermediate (level 2 and 3) theory of icon drawing and icon painting - use of colors. Together with the icon painting's history, technique and symbolism and icon's theology.

24 hours of instruction for each level. Teaching language: Norwegian, English and Greek.

The materials are not provided on the course.

LEVEL 1

THE BYZANTINE FACE: DRAWING AND TECHNIQUE

The aim of Icon Painting Course Level 1: One learns to draw and paint the Byzantine face with shades of gray, freehand with icon painting's traditional technique: Enface (front) and ¾ rotation. - Face as seen from the side (profile) is not used - That is: Jesus Christ, Mother of God and Angel.

The aim of Icon Painting Course Level 2: One learns to paint the Byzantine face with colors on the traditional wood panel, freehand with icon painting's traditional technique: Enface (front) and ¾ rotation (as well as to learn the Byzantine colors and how they are used in the traditional technique).- Face as seen from the side (profile) is not used - That is: Jesus Christ or Angel.

The aim of Icon Painting Course Level 3: One learns to paint some of the Byzantine cloths with colors on the traditional wood panel, freehand with icon painting's traditional technique.Also faces of the Mother of God and the holy Infant in ¾ rotation. Cloths' excercises include cloths with one level of gold lighting, that Jesus Christ often wears.